Putting the State in Its Place: The Domestic Education Debate in New Zealand.

Nolan, Melanie

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Publication Date: 2001

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Putting the State in Its Place: The Domestic Education Debate in New Zealand.

Nolan, Melanie

History of Education, v30 n1 p13-33 Jan 2001

Debates the issue of state mandates for domestic science (home economics) for female students. Focuses on a 1918 magazine article from the Wellington Girls' High School (New Zealand). Concludes that the New Zealand domestic science blueprint provided a liberal education to schoolchildren, even if it was gender based. (MER)

Descriptors: Educational History, Females, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Home Economics, Secondary Education, Sex Role, Stereotypes, Womens Education

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand

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